United States at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

Sporting event delegation

United States at the
2000 Summer Paralympics

Flag of the United States

IPC code| USA
NPC| United States Paralympic Committee
Website| www.teamusa.org/US-Paralympics
in Sydney
Competitors| 267
Flag bearer| Mike Dempsey (opening)[1]
Medals
Ranked 5th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total
109
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

* 1960
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* 2024

The United States sent a delegation to compete at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia. The United States finished fifth in the gold medal count and third in the overall medal count.[2]

## Medalists

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Further information: 2000 Summer Paralympics medal table

The following American athletes won medals at the games.[3]

Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event

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Gold | Danny Andrews | Athletics | Men's 800 m T44
Gold | Cheri Becerra-Madsen | Athletics | Women's 100 m T54
Gold | Cheri Becerra-Madsen | Athletics | Women's 400 m T54
Gold | Shawn Brown | Athletics | Men's Discus F44
Gold | Shea Cowart | Athletics | Women's 100 m T44
Gold | Shea Cowart | Athletics | Women's 200 m T44
Gold | Ross Davis | Athletics | Men's 100 m T34
Gold | Bart Dodson | Athletics | Men's 200 m T51
Gold | Jean Driscoll | Athletics | Women's Marathon T54
Gold | Robert De Friese Evans | Athletics | Men's 1,500 m T46
Gold | Robert De Friese Evans | Athletics | Men's 5,000 m T46
Gold | Royal Mitchell | Athletics | Men's 400 m T13
Gold | Paul Nitz | Athletics | Men's 100 m T52
Gold | Marlon Shirley | Athletics | Men's 100 m T44
Gold | Thomas Neal | Cycling | Mixed Bicycle Road Race LC1
Gold | Daniel Nicholson | Cycling | Mixed Bicycle Road Race CP Div 3
Gold | Pamela Fernandes
Alphonso Whaley | Cycling | Mixed 1 km Time Trial Tandem open
Gold | Stephan Moore | Judo | Men's Up To 73 kg
Gold | Kevin Szott | Judo | Men's Over 100 kg
Gold | Pernell Cooper | Powerlifting | Men's Over 100 kg
Gold | Stephanie Brooks | Swimming | Women's 400 m Freestyle S6
Gold | Daniel Kelly | Swimming | Men's 100 m Backstroke S11
Gold | Daniel Kelly | Swimming | Men's 100 m Freestyle S11
Gold | Daniel Kelly | Swimming | Men's 200 m Medley SM11
Gold | Curtis Lovejoy | Swimming | Men's 100 m Freestyle S2
Gold | Curtis Lovejoy | Swimming | Men's 50 m Freestyle S2
Gold | Travis Mohr | Swimming | Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB6
Gold | Karen Norris | Swimming | Women's 100 m Backstroke S10
Gold | Erin Popovich | Swimming | Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB5
Gold | Erin Popovich | Swimming | Women's 100 m Freestyle S6
Gold | Erin Popovich | Swimming | Women's 50 m Butterfly S6
Gold | Lauren Reynolds | Swimming | Women's 400 m Freestyle S7
Gold | Elizabeth Scott | Swimming | Women's 100 m Freestyle S13
Gold | Elizabeth Scott | Swimming | Women's 50 m Freestyle S13
Gold | Jason Wening | Swimming | Men's 400 m Freestyle S8
Gold | United States national wheelchair rugby team

* Clifton Chunn
* Eddie Crouch
* Rick Draney
* Daniel Guillou
* Bryan Kirkland
* Norm Lyduch
* Dean MacCabe
* Troy McGuirk
* Stephen Pate
* William Renje
* Wayne Romero
* Ralph Shadowebs

| Wheelchair rugby | Mixed competition
Silver | Robert Balk | Athletics | Men's Pentathlon P58
Silver | Lisa Banta | Athletics | Women's Discus F12
Silver | Jennifer Barrett | Athletics | Women's Discus F46
Silver | Cheri Becerra-Madsen | Athletics | Women's 200 m T54
Silver | Cheri Blauwet | Athletics | Women's 100 m T53
Silver | Thomas Bourgeois | Athletics |

Men's Pentathlon P44

Silver | Jean Driscoll | Athletics |

Women's 1,500 m T54

Silver | Brian Frasure | Athletics |

Men's 100 m T44

Silver | Jessica Galli | Athletics | Women's 800 m T53
Silver | Roderick Green | Athletics | Men's 200 m T44
Silver | Douglas Heir | Athletics | Men's Shot Put F52
Silver | John Register | Athletics | Men's Long Jump F42
Silver | Marlon Shirley | Athletics | Men's High Jump F46
Silver | Chris Waddell | Athletics | Men's 200 m T53
Silver | Dana Zimmerman | Athletics | Men's 1,500 m T37
Silver | Stuart Flacks | Cycling | Mixed Tricycle 1.9 km Time Trial CP Div 2
Silver | Stuart Flacks | Cycling | Mixed Tricycle 5.4 km Time Trial CP Div 2
Silver | Pamela Fernandes
Alphonso Whaley | Cycling | Mixed Sprint Tandem open
Silver | Dory Selinger | Cycling | Mixed 1 km Time Trial LC2
Silver | Brett Lewis | Judo | Men's Up To 90 kg
Silver | Kim Brownfield | Powerlifting | Men's Over 100 kg
Silver | Melanie Benn
Stephanie Brooks
Aimee Bruder
Erin Popovich | Swimming | Women's 4x50 m Freestyle 20 pts
Silver | Kendra Berner
Shannon Bothelio
Karen Norris
Lauren Reynolds | Swimming | Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle 34 pts
Silver | Kendra Berner | Swimming | Women's 100 m Freestyle S10
Silver | Kendra Berner | Swimming | Women's 400 m Freestyle S10
Silver | Kendra Berner | Swimming | Women's 50 m Freestyle S10
Silver | Shannon Bothelio | Swimming | Women's 50 m Freestyle S7
Silver | Sarah Castle | Swimming | Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB6
Silver | Daniel Kelly | Swimming | Men's 50 m Freestyle S11
Silver | Erin Popovich | Swimming | Women's 200 m Medley SM6
Silver | Erin Popovich | Swimming | Women's 50 m Freestyle S6
Silver | Lauren Reynolds | Swimming | Women's 100 m Freestyle S7
Silver | Elizabeth Scott | Swimming | Women's 200 m Medley SM13
Silver | James Thompson | Swimming | Men's 50 m Breaststroke SB2
Silver | Trischa Zorn | Swimming | Women's 100 m Backstroke S12
Silver | Trischa Zorn | Swimming | Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB12
Silver | Trischa Zorn | Swimming | Women's 100 m Butterfly S12
Silver | Trischa Zorn | Swimming | Women's 200 m Medley SM12
Silver | Stephen Welch | Wheelchair tennis | Men's Singles
Bronze | Jennifer Barrett | Athletics | Women's Shot Put F46
Bronze | Cheri Blauwet | Athletics | Women's 200 m T53
Bronze | Cheri Blauwet | Athletics | Women's 400 m T53
Bronze | Cheri Blauwet | Athletics | Women's 800 m T53
Bronze | Joseph Christmas | Athletics | Men's Discus F56
Bronze | Joseph Christmas | Athletics | Men's Javelin F56
Bronze | Ross Davis | Athletics | Men's 200 m T34
Bronze | Ross Davis | Athletics | Men's 400 m T34
Bronze | Gabriel Diaz de Leon | Athletics | Men's Discus F53
Bronze | Bart Dodson | Athletics | Men's 400 m T51
Bronze | Jean Driscoll | Athletics | Women's 5,000 m T54
Bronze | Roderick Green | Athletics | Men's 400 m T44
Bronze | Roderick Green | Athletics | Men's Long Jump F44
Bronze | Michael Keohane | Athletics | Men's Marathon T46
Bronze | Jeffrey Lauterbach | Athletics | Men's Discus F33
Bronze | Joseph LeMar | Athletics | Men's 800 m T44
Bronze | Pamela McGonigle | Athletics | Women's 1,500 m T12
Bronze | Asya Miller | Athletics | Women's Discus F13
Bronze | Laura Ann Terry | Athletics | Women's Shot Put F33-34
Bronze | Tim Willis | Athletics | Men's 10,000 m T11
Bronze | Bradley Cobb
Dory Selinger
Robert Whitford | Cycling | Mixed Team Olympic Sprint LC1-3
Bronze | Dory Selinger | Cycling | Mixed Individual Pursuit LC2
Bronze | Marlon Lopez | Judo | Men's Up To 66 kg
Bronze | Thomas Brown | Sailing | Mixed Single Person 2.4mr
Bronze | Shannon Bothelio | Swimming | Women's 100 m Backstroke S7
Bronze | Shannon Bothelio | Swimming | Women's 50 m Butterfly S7
Bronze | Jennifer Butcher | Swimming | Women's 100 m Freestyle S13
Bronze | Daniel Kelly | Swimming | Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB11
Bronze | Travis Mohr | Swimming | Men's 100 m Backstroke S8
Bronze | Elizabeth Scott | Swimming | Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB13
Bronze | Trischa Zorn | Swimming | Women's 50 m Freestyle S12
Bronze | Joshua Keith Bartel
Norman Bass | Table tennis | Men's Teams 6-7
Bronze | United States men's national wheelchair basketball team

* Eric Barber
* Curtis Bell
* Chuck Gill
* Jeffrey James Glasbrenner
* William Hernandez
* Lawrence Johnson
* Melvin Sean Juette
* David Paul Kiley
* Mike Schlappi
* Paul Schulte
* Steve Tew
* William Henry Waller

| Wheelchair basketball | Men's competition
Bronze | Scott Douglas
Stephen Welch | Wheelchair tennis | Men's Doubles

## See also

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* 2000 Summer Paralympics
* United States at the 2000 Summer Olympics

## References

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1. ^ "MIKE DEMPSEY: USATT Hall of Fame Inductee (2002)". USA Table Tennis. 2003. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
2. ^ "Medal Standings Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. 2000. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
3. ^ United States at the 2000 Sydney Paralympics on paralympic.org

## External links

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* International Paralympic Committee Official Website
* United States Paralympic Committee Official Website

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